Airport & Aviation Security
CBP Patrolling No Fly Zone During Super Bowl 53
On game day, CBP Black Hawk crews will assist Department of Defense aircraft in detecting, tracking, and coordinating the interdiction of aircraft violating the Temporary Flight Restriction. If any aircraft violate that air space, CBP will intercept and determine if further enforcement is needed.
Federal Government
D.C.’s Metro System Losing $400,000 Daily Due to Government Shutdown
There has been a 16 percent loss in the average weekday ridership and 8 percent loss in Metrobus ridership of over 600,000 daily trips.
Emergency Preparedness
Would Giving Up Your Burger Increase Long-Term Food Security? A New Study Says Yes
The threat of food shortage is not the stuff of science fiction, it is happening already and is a driver for famine, conflict, mass migration, and myriad environmental concerns which impact both the planet we live on and those who inhabit it.
Education and Training
Here’s What Happened When Delegates Played a Sim of the World’s Climate Battle at COP24
In one game the US was told that Miami’s coastline had seen significant flooding as a result of the ice sheet melt and that millions of residents were going to have to be moved further inland at great cost to the country.
General
‘Ndrangheta Mafia Shattered by Largest Ever Action Against Organized Crime Group in Europe
There are about 160 ’Ndrangheta cells with roughly 6,000 members. They specialize in kidnapping and political corruption, but also engage in drug trafficking, murder, bombings, counterfeiting, gambling, frauds, thefts, labor racketeering, loansharking, and alien smuggling.
Education and Training
Quantum Accelerometer Could Provide Secure Navigation Without Satellites
Satellite signals can become unavailable due to blockages such as tall buildings, or can be jammed, imitated or denied. The quantum accelerometer is a self-contained system that does not rely on any external signals.
CBP
Homeland Security Department at 15 on ‘Strong and Steady Course’
Pence told the attendees the American people are grateful to DHS employees. “You’ve considered the people of this country more important than yourself," he said.
Daily News & Analysis
40 SDVOSBs on the Ramp to CIO-SP3 Pending Size and Status Verification
NITAAC still is evaluating bids for the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) group, the Section 8(a) group, and the general small business group.
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